How to Screen Tenants Fairly with MassCourts.org Eviction Search
This presentation teaches fair use of MassCourts.org, the public record of summary process (aka eviction) and housing-related small claims lawsuits in Massachusetts. Landlords can and should use this information to help score rental applications, screen tenants, and ensure that every resident will follow the rules and contribute to a happy and healthy community. We review:
- Reasons why renters can appear in MassCourts.org other than being a bad renter.
- How renters might be screening landlords with MassCourts.org, too.
- How MassLandlords' objective, point-based applicant qualifier helps clean housing history overcome bad credit or other barriers.
- A full tutorial on reading and understanding dockets including summary process terminology, address matching and fair housing.
We also review the proposal to seal court records (HOMES Act) and explain how this fosters secrecy and enables petty corruption, while hindering proper tenant screening and sociology research into the causes of eviction.
Learn how to fairly screen tenants using information in the public records.
MassCourts.org is the source of public records and oversight of summary process.
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